Material and Tool List for How-To Project:
Feather Earrings by Janet Alexander.
Materials:
PMC3 Clay 9g
PMC 3 Clay 9g
PMC3 Paste 15g (PMC3 Paste is ideal for
adding fine detail, joining pieces, creating
stone settings, and making repairs. It is made
by crushing dry PMC3 to dust and adding a bit
of water to make…a paste!)
Tools and Other Supplies:
- Steel Scraper (A versatile tool for shaping,
smoothing, and trimming your metal clays.
Made from thin, flexible stainless steel, you can use this tool for cutting and lifting clay or as a
convenient surface to hold you metal clay while it is drying.)
-Single File (A narrow file for detail work.)
-Jumbo Clay Roller (Suggested kind: 1.25" inch diameter roller is 6" long and fits comfortably in
your hand. Crystal clear so you can see the clay as you roll it. Tip: Coat with a very thin layer of
olive oil and use both hands to roll PMC and other metal clays to a flat, even slab.)
-Needle Tool (Needle Tool Can be used for starting holes in metal clay, cleaning and refining
small areas, and for cutting metal clay designs using a template.)
-Template - Cushion (Square)
-Liver of Sulfur 1 oz. (Add color to your silver.)
-Rubber Stamp Mat – (This project used a texture mat with an image of feathers.)
-Earring Wires, 20 gauge, 0.75" (Simple wires put the focus on your design.)
Note: More information about what to keep in your metal clay “tool kit” click the link for “Metal Clay
Basics”. We have a comprehensive guide written by the editors of Metal Clay Artist Magazine.
For a video demonstration on how to torch fire your “Feather Earrings”, click the link for “Metal Clay
Basics”. Metal Clay Artist Magazine editor-in-Chief Jeannette Froese LeBlanc demonstrates how to
safely and easily fire silver metal clay with a small butane torch.
http://cre8tivefire.com/category/metal-clay-basics/
©Cre8tivefire.com, Metal Clay Artist Magazine and Janet Alexander 2015
Proceed with caution and observe proper safety requirements and instructions from each materials
manufacturer. Project presented for the enhancement of metal clay and not intended to be made for
sale as an original design or taught without permission from the artist and publisher.